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Levi E Miller

Male 1839 - 1901  (61 years)


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  • Name Levi E Miller  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Born 30 Aug 1839  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6] 
    • His gravestone shows a birth date of "1836"
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1850  Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    With parents Abraham and Catherine Miller, three siblings and an aunt 
    Census 1860  Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Manns Choice P.O. 
    Occupation 1860  Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1860  Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    With parents Abraham and Catherine Miller and two sisters 
    Civil War Veteran 24 Jan 1865 - 06 May 1865  [7] 
    Private, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry Rgt 
    • Suffered "Neuralgia" as a result of his service
    Census 1870  Londonderry Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Cumberland Valley P.O. 
    Occupation 1870  Londonderry Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1870  Londonderry Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    With parents Abraham and Catherine Miller, wife Martha O (Swartzwelter), four children and two farm hands 
    Census 1880  Dunbar Twp., Fayette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Enumeration District 36 
    Occupation 1880  Dunbar Twp., Fayette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Laborer 
    Residence 1880  Dunbar Twp., Fayette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    With second wife Rachel F (Kennard) and four children 
    Residence 1890  West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Bolivar, Westmoreland Co. P.O. 
    Census 1900  West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Enumeration District 16-66 
    Occupation 1900  West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Landlord 
    Residence 1900  West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    With nephew Frank S Bussard and family and wife Rachel F (Kennard) 
    Will 2 Mar 1901  West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    To wife Rachel F Miller; to children D M Miller, Charles Miller, Harry E Miller, Jennie V McDowell, Rachel Catherine McDowell; Harry E Miller executor 
    Died 5 May 1901  West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11, 12] 
    • On 06 Mar 1901: "Levi Miller, one of our oldest citizens, has been lying for the last week in a critical condition with a complication of diseases. At the present writing he is somewhat improved."
    • On 22 May 1901: "The will Levi Miller, late of Garfield, West Wheatfield township, was filed May 16th."
    • Obit from the Johnstown Tribune of May 10, reprinted in the Bedford Gazette (Bedford, PA) 17 May 1901 issue

      Levi Miller, aged about sixty years, died at his home in Bolivar, Westmoreland county, on Sunday, and the remains were taken through this place Tuesday on the way to Sulphur Springs, Bedford County, where Mr. Miller formerly resided for interment, which was made yesterday [May 9]. The deceased was a soldier in the Civil War. He is survived by his second wife and two sons and two daughters, viz: Harry, Jennie, wife of John McDowell, and Kate, wife of Wesley McDowell, of Bolivar, and Charles of Vandergrift.
    Miller, Levi E - Obituary - Bedford (PA) Gazette - 17 May 1901, p. 1    		 Miller, Levi E - Obituary - Bedford (PA) Gazette - 17 May 1901, p. 1
    Buried 9 May 1901  Buffalo Mills, Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • Milligan's Cove Christian Church Cemetery
    Levi Miller (1836 - 1901) - Find A Grave Memorial    		 Levi Miller (1836 - 1901) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Includes headstone photo.

    Created by: Kat
    Record added: Dec 13, 2005
    Find A Grave Memorial# 12672795
    Probate 16 May 1901  Indiana Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Will proved and filed; letter of administration granted to Harry E Miller 
    Person ID I2795  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2014 

    Father Abraham Miller,   b. 4 Aug 1803, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1872, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Catherine,   b. 18 Aug 1803, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1886  (Age 83 years) 
    Family ID F1242  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Martha Olivia Swartzwelter,   b. 02 Oct 1843, Monroe Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1877  (Age 33 years) 
    Children 
     1. Howard Ellwood Miller,   b. 17 Feb 1862, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1872  (Age 10 years)
     2. Daniel Morgan Miller,   b. Apr 1864, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1933, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years)
    +3. Jennie Victoria Miller,   b. 9 Feb 1866, Milligan's Cove, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1942, North Canton, Stark, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     4. Charles Miller,   b. 1869, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 22 May 1901  (Age 32 years)
     5. Rachel Kathryn Miller,   b. 24 Feb 1872, Buffalo Mills, Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1947, Smithfield Twp., Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     6. Harry Edward Miller,   b. 3 Apr 1874, Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1952, Avondale, Marion, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2012 
    Family ID F1249  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Rachel F Kennard,   b. 4 Sep 1843, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1923, Ernest, Indiana, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 1878  [3] 
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2012 
    Family ID F1270  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S67] Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994, images, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Indiana > Wills 1892-1901 vol 8-9 > image 657 of 692 (Reliability: 3), 30 Sep 2014.

    2. [S34629] Miller, Jennie V. Funeral Record, Lewis & Greenbro Parlors, (North Canton, Ohio, 21 April 1942), 2.

    3. [S34623] 1900 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), fam. 37, p. 2B, ED 16-66, West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 25 Mar 2010.

    4. [S40178] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 477, p. 72, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 07 Jul 2010.

    5. [S34621] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 73, p. 189, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 09 Aug 2010.

    6. [S34634] 1870 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 144, pp. 22-23, Londonderry Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 19 May 2010.

    7. [S40188] 1890 Veterans Schedules, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), fam. 266, ED 8-118, West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 11 Oct 2010.

    8. [S34622] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), fam. 653, p. 74, ED 36, Dunbar Twp., Fayette, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 24 Apr 2010.

    9. [S67] Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994, images, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Indiana > Wills 1892-1901 vol 8-9 > image 658 of 692 (Reliability: 3), 30 Sep 2014.

    10. [S40189] Indiana Progress (Indiana, Pennsylvania), Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), 22 May 1901, p. 1 (Reliability: 2), 12 Oct 2010.

    11. [S40190] Indiana County Gazette (Indiana, Pennsylvania), Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), 06 Mar 1901, p. 5 (Reliability: 2), 12 Oct 2010.

    12. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 12672795 (Reliability: 2), 01 Nov 2010.


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